happy lunar new year

never realised its been such a long time since the last post. well, the lack of entries can only be explained by the new hectic and tiring schedule of mine as a fresh VI. as though working in the unit is not taxing enough, theres now hq and the primary school programmes to help out with. but looking on the bright side, they do offer great learning experiences. for a start, the rainy season is clearing up. and thats just great! its not fun waking up in the morning late and having to iron your clothes. worst still, wearing damp underwear when theres none that are dry. *glups*

the new blog layout was a result of me having nothing better to do on this chinese new year's eve. thanks to my little cousin (she forced me to say this) we got it up rather fast. kids these days are just getting smarter at such things than we 'adults' haha.

as mentioned previously, work with the primary has began. and its been interesting for me to be able to interact with many of the children over the past couple of weeks. seeing them so carefree and cheerful all the time makes me wonder how easily we young adults have lost that sense of innocence and how big a change puberty can cause in us. no doubt was it one hell of an experience at first, shouting ur head off just to get their attention and only afew minutes later do you see them showing some response, and how frank they can get by telling you off 'this is boring, i don't want to play anymore!' hmm.. sounds familiar? hurting though. but oh well, kids will be kids. its a totally different approach towards these young teenagers that has to be adopted, unlike what it is to teach the juniors of my generation, these kids truely need lotsa love, patience and understanding but yet to be firm at times. and despite having them piss you off so badly that you just feel like strangling them, you cant deny the fact they bring much joy and happiness into our lives when you begin to be more involved in their lives and they in yours. i want kids of my own! =)

in a few hours time its going to be chinese new year! as much as i am excited about collecting those ang pows, so i am about all the visiting and the yummy food! wahaha. someone please remind me to return to the gym after tuesday! =)

so ok, heres wishing all a happy, blessed and prosperous chinese new year! woof woof!

first entry for the year

what a 2005 year it has been, with so many things that had happened, both good and bad. the sweet memories i would sure like to re-live and the negative ones i wouldn't want to recall. whatever they were, they have made me the very person i am presently.

so, a start of a new year with a fresh new beginning. my resolution of the year - to spend more time in church and with my family, not forgetting to have a good and healthy balance of all my activities. the rest, well that special some one would already know. hahaha =) would really want to apologise to all those who have sent me your new year greetings over the sms and having not replied you. like you know the network this morning was seriously screwed and i was totally frustrated with all my smses not getting through. nonetheless, thank you very much for keeping such as loser like me in mind. haha.

my visiting relatives have returned to Shanghai today and the once ' temporary mad refugee camp' which my noisy cousins running about and setting my hamsters free everywhere in the house has returned to its quiet and boring atmosphere. if you little ones are reading this, just wana say a big thank you for the past week, sharing with us the Christmas and new year joy and happiness and bringing us much laughter, though you gave me much shit clearing up the mess after you. but what can i say, your mom gave me a 150bucks angbao before you guys left. hahaha. i'll miss you guys. come back for Chinese New Year ok! =)

ok, finally after one and a half weeks of procrastination, i got my hq proposals and reports completed! *CLAPCLAP* it was hell when my laptop crashed a couple of days ago and i had to redo everything. what a nice new year's gift to have. guess i will be going down to samsung service centre at PS tomorrow to get it fixed. hope the repairs wont be adding up to something near $150? *glups*

school's reopening the day after tomorrow! hope the students will be equally excited and happy about it as i am. hahaha im not trying to be sarcastic here, but i think not studying for the past 2 months was indeed boring. agreed? hahas.

well once again, may you all out there have a wonderful and prosperous 2006!

chill.

the giving tree

for the first time, i had an opportunity to do some real voluntary work. was on duty a couple of days back at the giving tree volunteers' fair at tampines. i had no idea what was in stored for us until i actually reached there. in front of me was this really MASSIVE pile of soft toys waiting to be sorted out and packed. and it didnt stop there. many more continued coming to donate their stuff toys to us. and then i realised my job was to sort out of the toys and not presentation on the booth as i thought it would be. a simple and easy job quick became tiring and dull as the pile never seemed to lessened. from poohs to hello kittys, you name it, we had it. wah, i've never seen that many stuffed toy before in my entire life.

the toys were basically for the children victims of the tsunami, and it was important we sorted out the toys properly according to their condition and material so that the children will only recieve the good stuff and not make them feel worthless by giving them the dirtied and spoilt ones too. so there i was being santa's worker, inspecting every toy before it goes into the right bag. thoughts ran through my tired mind as i asked myself was it really worth my valuable time that i could have spent on a good rest instead, doing such work and not getting anything in return?

well, it was a yes. and in fact, isn't going down for trainings and teaching the cadets all considered voluntary work too? afterall, we dont get anything in return, except in hope that we'll be able to see our young ones growing and excelling in the right path of life. though i do have many limitations, i was glad to know my little efforts, in this case packing the toys, could mean a huge blessing to others. eventually with a little over-time, the three of us there did managed to get the pile sorted out and packed. PHEW, it was a big achievement alright. it felt good to see the pleasant side of singaporeans for a change, as compared to those you see running when the mrt approaches, budgging their way through the opened mrt door and literally rushing in for a seat. sad huh. there were quite a number that actually bought these brand new toys just to donate them. what nice people haha =) so, as the slogan goes, ' it doesnt take much effort to be a volunteer, just do what you normally do!' =) ah hah! the giving tree ends only on the 31st dec. so do bring down your stuffed toys if you wish to have them donated!

chill!

the time of the year

wines, feasting, carolings and much time spent time with loved ones... was just to sum up this merry little Christmas of mine. its such a big difference of how the materialistic world and the church potrays Christmas to be. seeing the beautiful lights and deco along town no doubt gets us all hyped up in the mood to just spend more money. who can really resist especially when theres a Christmas sale going on almost everywhere? well, not to say that is wrong. but seriously how many of us actually do take this time to reflect and think about the true meaning of Christmas? that of Christ's presence coming into our little hearts and for us to share this love with those around us. i guessed Christmas only became meaningful and fulfilling to me when i decided to give and share unselfishly.

the fmssrcy Christmas cum seniors' reunion held at sentosa last friday that we planned for so long and sacrificed much of our personal time resulted in a sweet success. the committee must agree with me when i say that though it was tiring planning and doing the marketing, we all had a great time crapping around, laughing, catching up with stuff that we missed since the start of VIP, and of course just having simple clean fun together! indeed God was watching over us the whole while and answering our prayers when the weather didnt seem to good on the day itself. yeah, we all know it poured extremely heavily some time after we left the place, turning out to be exactly what poh huat sir told us the evening before. the food was sufficient, the attendence was rather good, the weather was just perfect, everyone had a great time, so what more can i say? PRAISE GOD! =) Christmas eve's dinner that evening was spent at a relative's place. roasted turkey, ham, chicken, duck, were just some of the food laid out on the table. after that meal i promised myself to eat only salad and vegetables for the next one week. hahaha. a pity i was too tired to attend the midnight Christmas mass at holy cross, but nonetheless the morning mass with my family at st francis the next day was equally good. that night was another bbq dinner. the THIRD one in two weeks. hahaha, thanks to VIP i was forced in learning to start up a bbq fire in just 15mins. useful skill you know =).

ok, so now my throat's feeling a little sore from all the bbq and my mom has already stocked up the fridge with lotsa lettuce for the family. my house has turned into a refugee camp with my relatives from shanghai staying over. haha rather messy place, but gives the feeling of a warm and cosy home. joanne and i will be down at tampines mall for duty at the volunteers exhibition fair. so do come and give us your support if you have nothing better to do! hahas. Christmas last for 12 days if you don't know. so well, do have a happy Christmas and a blessed year ahead! =)

God bless!

finally home

its been some time since the last entry and, well for a start the KL trip was good, thinking about the fact i stayed away from any form of work that couple of days and had a good rest. didn't do much shopping there as the prices of stuff weren't very much different from here. instead, it was clubbing and pubbing every night. quite an effort getting the first bottle down my throat, but after that, the rest wasn't a problem haha. first time experience lah, so what much can i say about it. it was fun though.

anyways, back to reality... returned from the vi camp yesterday and til now my whole body's still aching away badly. the rescue mission at ubin on day2 was physically torturing while being the I/C on day3 was mentally challenging. but hey, we managed to overcome and survived through it. and thats just a small part of what each of us brought home with us. though it was tough, no doubt was it great fun! having the jokers around sure added much fun and laughter into the camp til a point many described the camp as a 'chalet' haha. much of the activities gave us opportunity to forge closer bonds with one another. and so, the statement 'people only bond when they suffer together', proves to be true. there were times however, that got me very disappointed with myself and my fellow fairsians. but nonetheless, we're all still learning and i wish the best for us all. now that the camp has ended and most of us will be on the way to becoming full pledged VIs, its hard to decide on a unit to attach ourselves to. fairfield or tk? hmmm... camp report and fdcom proposal needs to be up soon! urgh, not forgetting christmas is just afew days away...

leaving for KL

VIP has started and im only going to get busier and busier as the camp draws nearer. yesterday's first contact session went rather well. but it felt even better to once again be able to meet and catch up with my ULP batchmates of 04/02 :)

anyways, my lucky parents left for Rome yesterday with their free airtickets! guess they'll be enjoying themselves there for sometime as i heard my mom saying she always wanted to visit Europe before she gets old and have trouble walking. hahas. i'll be in Rome with them now if not for VIP... but oh wells. my bro and i are taking a short trip to KL tomorrow and will only be back on thursday. nothing much in mind, except to visit our dear relatives and do some christmas shopping (if i can find anything cheap there of course. hehe) so yeah, if theres anything important you can still reach me on my mobile. take care!

and oh, vip charlie mates... thanks for helping out with my workload, i owe you guys one :)

chill.

the joy of childhood

i decided to take a stroll to jurong point after dinner just now to rent some vcds and i must say that on the way there and back i actually felt cold for the first time! what is happening to the weather these few days??

well i haven't been doing anything productive this week and my parents are begining to nag about that. did a couple of work outs, swims, sun tanning, checking out books at kino, window shopping with boren and of course going down for trainings. finally, im done with packing and cleaning up my room, except for getting the few furniture i want from ikea. my dad's been asking me to go sign up for courses to acquire some new skills during the holidays and not rot at home. submitted my application for my powerboating license and yeah, guess i wouldn't mind anything else with company around. anyone has anything in mind? =) boren and i are gonna try out baking cookies and brownies next week! if they turn out good... well you know what you can expect for christmas this year. hahaha, but dont worry we'll make sure they're up to standard before letting you guys to try them! =)

hmmm... just a couple of weeks back, a group of us decided to undergo a project to help out our primary school red cross link unit. i've been thinking alot about this lately, about the time, commitment, training, etc towards it. i believe not only will assisting them be beneficial to both units, fmssrcy and fmps rcy link, but also to us as individuals. after having been trained as a cadet and training cadets in the teenage age for 2-4 years, i have to admit it'll be a challenge for us now to switch our ways in teaching these little ones. methods such as tekaning, corporal punishment, scolding and many other high expectations will no longer be useful towards these kids. but still, if theres a will, theres a way. though not an easy task this project will be, i took it up believing that as much as i'll be able to share my knowledge and passion for redcross with these kids, so too will i be able to learn and experience from these little ones about our long lost worry-free and joyful childhood we all once had but lost as soon as growing up took place.

and the party begins

WOAH. Os are gone just like that. hallelujah! wahaha.

but frankly you know, its not easy changing from the lifestyle i used to had. mug mug mug. and now its slack slack slack. hah. everyone may be having fun right now. but you gotta admit it when i say things will end up getting extremely boring very soon. hahas. and i am starting to feel the boredom already. i hope it wont come a point when i have to follow my mom for facial or yoga sessions because im literally dying from boredom at home! well for a start, i've been doing serious packing and cleaning up of my room. HAH. and i never realised it can be so exhausting! emptied out tonns of trash and worksheets that had been piling up since sec1. and awww... i can finally breathe now in my clean and dust-free room :) gonna look for some paint and furniture at ikea to do up my room during the next couple of days. hehe. the weather has been particularly cool these days. perfect for sleeping! but nolah. thats bad cause im really waiting for the sun to come out so i can go for my swim! and yes, footdrill training is only effective when theres a hot sun! hahas. but honestly i like the weather the way it is now. will it ever snow here? :)

LAST PAPER

was wondering how my bottle of facial soap ran out so fast within a week and why my bathroom floor was always so soapy. and today i found out thats cause the bottle had a hole in it! urghh. thinking of that, questions came to my mind. what is the rate at which the soap leaks out of its bottle? how is the soap able to leak out of its bottle? why is the soap soapy? amaths, physics, chem... uurgghh! yesh, that were the only things my whole mind was filled with for the past 2 weeks >.<

but thank God, everythings over now... 'SIGH'. somehow i really want to go somewhere to scream, cry and let everything out. all thats been inside of me. the stress, anger, frustation, tiredness.. haha, okay. i shall not get too emotional here. today's the last paper - history. for a start, well maybe i don't really hold very high expectations for myself when it comes to studies. i think most importantly was that i did do my best, and theres nothing to regret. and im sure thats what my parents would ask of me. so... i can say im rather pleased with the papers so far (:

yeah, i've finally decided what i'm gonna do after the papers. hahas. no, im not going out to wreck havoc. but im just going to be a good boy and go home to pack my room, get rid of all the books! (or maybe i shouldnt incase i retain. TOUCH WOOD. i sure hope not. hahahas ) then i'll go to church to give thanks for all thats happened during the past two weeks, and then its off to chill with my buds! unfortunately harry potter's all sold out. all alina's fault for buying so many tickets and leaving none for me!!! grrr. WATCH OUT.

just a week to go

thank goodness, the weekends are just what i need right now. spent most of the weekend studying and at church. attended gwen's confirmation mass at holy cross today. though it was pretty long, but then i still thought we should put God above everything else and so, since somethings are more important than studies, i decided to take time off the books and attend the mass. congrats to gwen, brian, marcus, chartel and recardo on receiving the holy spirit! i pray that you guys will use this gift well and continue walking in the way of Christ and to be a light for Him :) so as much as i had a great time there, it also gave me an opportunity to remember and renew the vows i've made for my own confi. praise God!

mann.. 6 papers to go, and its all over, OVER! and then... back to redcross meetings.

SIGH.

smack in the middle of Os

like finally. Os are here! the past few papers have been alright. stress level not yet at his peak as my papers happen to fall on alternate days, so theres more time to study, and the killer papers are only nexk week! i just hope it wont get any worst than it is now. somehow i've been thinking more about what i'm gonna do after the exams instead of concentrating on the papers themselves. heh heh. so... ok, please keep the prayers coming in for us all, especially those taking their As too, you're not forgotten.

best of luck! :)

just helping a friend

a friend of mine (for those of you who know him, its nicholas tang) is in need of some spare cash to pay his bills. he's offering science and maths tuition to lower secondary. anyone interested can contact him at nicholas450@hotmail.com

just a day away to Os... >.<

as you sow, so shall you reap

if you plant honesty, you will reap trust.

if you plant goodness, you will reap friends.

if you plant humility, you will reap greatness.

if you plant perseverance, you will reap victory.

if you plant consideration, you will reap harmony.

if you plant hard work, you will reap success.

if you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.

if you plant openess, you will reap intimacy.

if you plant patience, you will reap improvements

if you plant faith, you will reap miracles.

another day at essential brew

talk about going to bed early, and theres matches on tonight! or these few days rather. how leh? today's deepavali and thursday's gonna be hari raya. public holiday or not, doesn't seem much of a diff to us muggers. spent the day going for tuition and the rest of it at holland v's essential brew. if you havent been there, well its this really cosy and comfy restaurant with low tables and you have to sit on the floor. not to worry, there are cushions and pillows provided! highly recommended for a late night chill out or pleasurable reading. studying... er, not so much lah. cause once it gets too comfortable you most probably will end up falling asleep and drooling on the nice cushions... just like i did. hahas, nonetheless i did managed to finish reading the whole of twelfth night :)

ok, its to the tv for now before going back to the books! enjoying yourselves or not, i'd still like to wish all out there a happy festive week. do take care and God bless!

chill.

happy halloween

its way past morning and im still feeling high. must be due to the gym session i had earlier. ever since all the studying began, so did the munching. hah, and i have obviously grown fatter. see, thats the bad thing about not going to school. you get to gain the calories and rot at home. urgh, with all the halloween celebrations going on tonight, its a good night to be out partying. unfortunately for the exams, i'll be home for the next 2 weeks without a life. so you non sec4 people out there please spare a thought for me and don't tell me how you're enjoying your holidays alright? hahas, don't forget your turn will be soon. ok, well that also means i should be getting my biological clock adjusted back to proper working form before next monday.

ah yesh, how can i forget. happy 16th birthday to melvin! thought i would forget eh? as promised the harry potter treat's on me after the last paper yah? :)

twits?

got a site from a friend i'd like to share with you guys. hahaha, no offence ok? check it out ;)

http://museum-of-twits.blogspot.com/2005/06/20-pose-ideas_28.html

chill.

new toy

ok, due to the many requests to remove the sad video clip, i have finally done that. those who want the video can always get it from me on msn or the mp3 format from boren =) so... nothing much been happening the past few days. well, of course that chelsea trashed real betis 4-0 last tuesday! hah, havent caught such a good match for such a long time. we'll be looking forward to more great matches eh?

finally, after so long mom agreed to get me a new guit last friday. yeah i got an FX 310 electric acoustic guit. came along with a mini amp. sweet. just a little something to keep me occuppied this study season. and boy, am i counting down to christmas =) 61 days to be exact. but then again, its 14 days to Os... sighh.

i just added a number of links, so feel free to check them out.

chill.

rainy sunday

its a sunday and looking out my window, its been pouring since morning. wahh, what a perfect day to spend the rest of it sleeping haha. dad left for europe this morning so the house will be peaceful for sometime. haha, no i dont mean in a bad way but just that he enjoys irritating us when hes at home. haha. and yes, speaking of that, he woke us up at 4 this morning to tell us the hamsters were missing! and made my bro and i to find them! so far we only found 4 out of 6 :( oh well, like my bro said, stupid hamsters. got food and water provided they wana run away and go find the pussycat. if knew they wanted to run away should have sold them off and make some money earlier. ggrrr...

so school holidays have started. okok, or rather, STUDY LEAVE. no plans at the moment, except just to mug, mug and mug. sighh. looking on the bright side, i can get more sleep! wahaha. yeahh and thanks to someone's influence im now hooked onto korean movies and music. nolah dont get the wrong idea i dont watch them cause of the cute korean guys that many girls would claim are. (cause i know im still the cutest :] ) but ok lah, some story lines are nice, though most of it ends with someone dying. but im a sadist remember? heh heh.

ok, i'm tired of studying. going back to bed for now.

chill.

farewell fairfield

yeah, school's offically ended for me yesterday. i must say that yesterday was one of the most fun yet saddest day... well ok, simply to put it, it was memorable. though unexpectedly somethings happened, but nonetheless im sure as a class we enjoyed the little sing along session led by loke right? thanks for that moment guys, i'll never forget it :) hmm, i never expected it to be that emotional nor would i break down, but eventually i did. anyways, i just wana say a really BIG thank you to all those who have made my 10years in fairfield so special and meaningful, you know who you are. especially my pals of sec 1F, 2D, 3C and 4C, thanks for adding all the crappiness and lameness into everyday lessons. you sure made them fun. and of course those being ever ready to help me with my work, problems and influencing me positively, again you guys know who you are, im truely grateful for having you around :) well... so the list just goes on and on...

do remember our 4C reunion in 10 years time! yeahh, we'll bring our kids, husbands and wives along! hahaha. God bless, until we meet again.

for you :)

might be quite a long clip... but i think its rather touching. enjoy!